Bag- holder and conveyer



- c. K. H'OSTETTER.

' Bag Ho lder.

Ptented Dec. 18, 1860.

r I s PAT r FFICE.

C. K. HOSTETTER, OF EAST DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB R. HOFFER, OF MOUNT JOY, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG HOLDER AND CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,943, dated December 18, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN K. Hos- TETTER, of East Donegal township,in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in a Combined Bag Holder and Conveyer; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which-- Figure 1 shows all the parts of the machine inperspective; Fig. 2 the same in profile or side elevation; Fig. 3 theratchet wheel, &c. detached; and Fig. 4 a bag, in par, held in position.

The two uprights A A are united at the top by a cross-piece M having itsends projecting for handles. Their other ends are also united bybag-rest B and axle C, mounted on wheels D. The bag-rest B is so shapedand extended as to supportthe bag and uprights A and A in aperpendicular position, or nearly so; Sliding pieces E E are secured touprights A A (on their front faces) by staples K in which they can slideup and down. To the upper end of the long piece E is fastened a cord H,which being carried once around friction pulley I, is secured by itsother end to the tightening pin L, in the lower end of piece E Pulley I,secured to the inside of upright A has its inner edge out into a ratchetinto which the spring pawl J enters for the purpose of holding the frameE E 0 at any desired point by the cord attachment. To the front face, atthe top, of each of the sliding pieces E and E are secured rods or barsE, E, having a recess bent into them near their fastened end, into andout of which buttons G, G, (also secured to pieces E and E ).are readilyturned to clasp the edge of the bag. These rods or bars being thencebent downward and outward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for the purpose ofspreading the bag, so as to hold its mouth open. The buttons G, G haveone of their sides thinner than the other, so as to clamp fast bags madeof thick or thin materials.

Operation: The upper end of the bag is slipped over the rods or prongsF, and one edge of its mouth clamped fast by buttons G, while its bottomrests on base B. If the bag is too long to be of convenient height tofill in when fully extended, the sliding frame E E 6 can be left down apiece until the bag is partly filled, and then raised. hen filled theoperator takes hold of handles M and conveys it to any desired place.

Any ordinary bag conveyer can easily be converted into this simplemachine.

To farmers, millers, and dealers in grain, &c., a combined bag holderand conveyer will supply a want constantly felt; and the simplicity,cheapness and adaptedness to this want of the invention here describedis at once perceived.

I am aware that, considered as a bag conveyer only, my invention has nonovelty. I am also aware that there are bag holders in use with claspingmouth-piece, supported by a spiral spring on a single upright; but thisdiffers substantially from these by its sliding frame, supported on twouprights, mounted on wheels, by a cord, friction pulley, ratchet, andpawl.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-The sliding frame E, held and operated by the cord H, friction andratchet pulley I, spring pawl J, and cord tightener L, together with thebag-rest B, the whole mounted on wheels D, substantially as described.

CHR. K. HOSTETTER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL I. SHAY, HENRY KURTZ.

